Starting device.



J. MGNAMEE.

STARTING DEVICEIy APPLICATION FILED Nom/16, 1910,

1:9535195 Patented Feb. 18,1913.

' l v E Witnesses Inventor Attorneys 2 maaien which are engaged, when the engine is be-V ing started, by a pair of pawls 21-21, each pivoted upon Va stud 22 mounted on the.

machine frame 1 and having a spring 23v for forcing it into engagement with the ratchet teeth 20.

When the friction disks 7 and 9 :fre in their Vforward o'r inoperative position so that the clutch members 4 and 5 are disengaged from each other, the pawls 21 bear against the periphery 25 of the inner friction disk 7 and aretherrby held out of engagement with the ratchet teeth 20, the friction disk 7 as' shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, being'larger in diameter thanthe series of ratchet teeth 20 tor this purpose. The inner corners-2,6 of the pawls 21 are rounded or beveled, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the outer portions of the periphery 25 ofthe disk 7 are beveled'as indicated at 27. These beveledl portions 25 and 26 serve to permit the out. lward movement of the friction disk 7 when. the clutch members t and 5 become disen-4 gaged after the engine has started, to force the pa/wls 21 outward into the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby becoming disengaged from the ratchet teeth 20.

Constructed as described, the'operation of v'the starting device is as follows z-When the I iscribed, until the clutchl 5 is engaged with the clutch 4. As soonas the'friction disk 7 has been pushed rearwardlyto the foremost end of the frame, `vthe periphery 25 thereof becomes disengaged from the two palwls 21 and the spring 23 of these pawls forces them inward into engagement with the ratchet teeth 20. When the parts are thus positioiied, if the crank 15 be rotated, the rotation thereof will be transmitted through the friction disk 9 into the friction disk 7,' and the shaft Ginto the engine. If the engine starts forward in the normal manner, the

clutch member 5 rides out of the clutch member 4 and throws the startinf' device forward whereby the friction dist.: i separates or moves the pawls 21 away from the* ratchet- 'teeth how ever, while the clutch members t and 5 are engaged with each other, in the operation of starting the engine, the engine should bacloire, thepawls 21 by reason of their engagementl with the ratchet teeth 20 would prevent the bach: lash of the engine from being transmitted to the crank handle 15. This back lash, however, would be permitted by reason of the fact that the friction disk 7 and the fiicwith an engine shaft having a cliitch mene ber, a second clutch member adapted to engage the first, a friction disk conin ited with said second clutch, a second friction disk frictionally connected with the tiret, ratchet teeth on the second disk, a pawl adapted to' engage the ratchet teeth of said second disk, saidv first disk being larger in diameter than said second disk and being adapted when in forward position to engage the pawl, whereby to hold said pawl out of enga ement with said ratchet teeth, and a crank iandle connected with the second disk.

2. in a start-ing device, the combination with an engine iframe, and a clutch member slidable therein, a friction disk fixed on'safd clutchmeinber, a spring between said disk`-l and said engine frame, a second friction disk frictionally engaging said first disk, vratchet teeth on the second disk, a `spring operated pawl pivoted on said engine frame, and' adapted to enga e the ratchet .teeth oi said second disk, sai first disk being larger in diameter than said second disk and being adapted when in forward position to engage' the pawl, whereby to hold it out of engagey nientJ with said ratchet teeth, and a crank@ said stubshaft, a nut engaging said riction y washer, a friction disk mounted loosely on said stub shaft between said friction washer and said fixed disk, and frictionally connected with said fixed disk, ratchet lccth on `the periphery of said loose disk, a spring operated pawl pivoted on said engine-i trame and adapted to engage thevratchct teeth o. said loose disk, the inner corner oi said pawl being rounded, said fixed disk l1 fing larger il? diameter than said loose dish".l iid having. its periphery beveled to en age i ,te roui'ided` :i ,corner ofthe said pawi, w iereliy to-hold l 'zeezendersV I with an engine frame, and a stub shztft slid-j. Iahle therein, said stub shaft having a clutch "member thereon of a., friction disk'ixed on seidA stub shaft on "the outside of saidengine frame, e, cone-shaped coil spring' hetvv'f'eenV said disk and seid engine freme,` e friction washer 4keyed on salid stub shefige nut en-L eging seid friction washer, a cup-shaped riction disk mounted loosely 'on said'stub shaft between saidfriction Washer and seid xed disk, friction material interposed loe-y ftwee'n, seid' loose disk Iend said-xed"disk ratchet teeth on the peripheryy of sa'dfloose i 4disk, 'e spring `oted on said en ne rame, and edapted to operated 'pwls piv- .2e engage the 'rate et teethoffseid loose disk,

ed; seid fixed disk Abein larger-in diameter ery beveledto engage' the'lrounded corners Vof the-'seid pew1s, whereby to hold them atoretchetteeth and e 'seid loose disk 'n testimon l tht Ilclai'm: the ,-foregoinjg of t-wo witnesssf j JAMES ,MQNAME tn re '1 11-- the .presence A "iwitnesses: I' v DANIEL V. MGNAMEE, 1. A. .IB

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